Improvement in wheel-plows



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JABIsH PIERCE, 0E wYANEr, ILLINoIs.

IMPROVEMENT IN WH EEL-PLWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,520, dated Deeen1ber20, 1S6i.

` anet, in the county of Bureau and State oflllinois, have invented a new and useful improve` ment on themode of plowiug,orof using plows of all kinds by attaching a two-wheel carriage in such a Inanner that the operator can ride when-plowing and operate his plows principally with a lever, and when done using one plow or plows he can detach them and attach others and work them in a similar manner, and Ido hereby declare that the t'ollowingis a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of-this specification, in which- Letter A represents an axle, with a wheel attached to each end o f it.

B B represent two hounds, placed across the axle A, and fastened to the axle A with bolts or otherwise.

C C represent two bars, placed across the hounds B B, near the fore end of them, and fastened to the hounds with bolts or otherwise.

D represents the tongue, fastened to the two short bars G G with bolts or otherwise.

E represents a seat, fastened onto the hounds B B, at the hind end ofthem, and back ofthe axle A; and F represents a post, with pins in .it inserted into the hind end ot' one of the hounds in an upright form for the purpose of fastening down the end of a lever, c, that is used to raise the plow.

H representsapendant rod,extendingdown ward from the end ofthe lever o to the middle of the plow-beam I for the purpose of raising the plow; andjj represent two upright posts in the two hounds B B near the axle. K represents a cross-bar or roller that extends across from one of these posts to the other, and entering into the postsjj at the end, and thelever c rests on this roller.

The plow-handles m m extend upward back ofthe axle A, convenient to the operator. The axle A is hollowed ont on the under side to give room to raise the plow when the wheels are small and to let the corn slide under when eultivating corn.

N represents a clevis at the lower end of pendent rod H, by which it is attached to plowbeam I; and 0 represents au iron rod extending up from fore end of plow-beam and entering into the tongue D, by which the wheels are drawn.

P represents a brace to iron rod O to prevent it frombending. R represents a ring or link that connects the end of the plow-beam I with the iron rod O in connection with the clevis N at the end of the plow-beam.

I represents another link attached to the lower end ofthe iron rod O, by which the horses double-tree is attached by the help of a clevis, N.

By the above specification it will be seen that I attach my plow to my team nearly the same as we usually do when we use no wheels, and then I place thewheelscarriageovertheplows, putting the end of the tongue into the ring of the neck-yoke, the same as I would a wagon, then I slip the iron rod up from the fore end of the plow-beam into a hole in the tongue and fasten it there, and so it draws the wheels. I claim this as an improvement on my own invention as set forth in an application tiled in the Patent Office the 6th day of January, A. D. 1864.

I claim- The rod O, links T and R, in combination with beam I, link N, hounds B, standard H, and lever c, when constructed and arranged as herein described.

JABIsH Pinnen.

Witnesses:

MARTIN SQUIRE, WILLIAM YOUNG-SON. 

